Hello. I am an Account Executive for Yelp.
Yelp did a fantastic job explaining the job description. They were very transparent regarding the day to day tasks and objectives of the position. Everyone was very nice and supportive! Management cares about their employees and they make you feel important. You also never have to worry about breakfast or lunch with a fully stocked kitchen.

Cons

Working as an Account Executive for Yelp was the worst job I ever had.
Here is why this job is so terrible:
1. 80 - 100 Cold calls per day, it sounds easy but its not.
2. The local businesses are tired of Yelp sales calls and they just don't want to talk.
3. You know the business owner that yelled at you two days ago and told you ever to call back? You'll be calling them in another two days.
4. Be prepared...

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Advice to Management

Advice to future employees:
Yelp is a sinking ship, before I applied I looked at the reviews and took the job anyways. The money is not worth it, apply for SDR roles instead. Trust this review. Don't make the same mistake I did.

Fully stocked kitchen so you can save what little money you do get from this job.
Health insurance, which is top of the line and fully company paid until 2020 then it goes to like 90-95% company paid.
The friends, but you can make friends anywhere. Don’t subject yourself to this torture just to make a few good fiends.

Cons

The definition of torture is:
the action or practice of inflicting severe pain on someone as a punishment or to force them to do or say something, or for the pleasure of the person inflicting the pain. Yelp hits every aspect of this definition.
Do you know what Guantanamo Bay is? It’s yelp, the United States government sends terrorists to yelp to work in order to extract valuable information out of them. It’s like...

Silly and time wasting “always right” demands from non-IT staff, communication is a one way street, managers have their own agenda.
3 or more weekly meetings about meetings going over the meeting you just met about, and also weekly 1 on 1 meetings with your managers. Advancement truly only available in San Fransico office unless it’s sales.

This is an update to a review I wrote in my 2nd month. I have left the Pros largely unchanged because the bene fits are truly amazing and that can't be overstated. I have made significant changes to the Cons, however, because working here will slowly but surely eat your soul. Without further ado, the pros:
- Excellent insurance (100% employer-paid BCBS PPO)
- Fully-stocked kitchen (free breakfast/lunch/snacks/etc)...

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Cons

Despite the excellent benefits, working at Yelp will eventually destroy you. The entire environment is engineered to be highly stressful every moment of every day, while simultaneously gaslighting the reps and convincing them that this stressful environment is normal/standard/healthy. The atmosphere is so stressful and toxic that people regularly break down crying, throw up in the restrooms, or quit without a backup plan....

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Advice to Management

Change up the coffee roast – the coffee we have now if a light-bodied, high-acidity roast. Try for something will more body and less acidity. Maybe a dark roast.